1992 Gambian general election
29 April 1992
Turnout59.3%
Presidential election
 
Nominee Dawda Jawara Sheriff Dibba Assan Musa Camara
Party PPP NCP GPP
Popular vote 117,549 44,639 16,287
Percentage 58.48% 22.21% 8.10%
 
Nominee Lamin Bojang Sidia Jatta
Party PDP PDOIS
Popular vote 11,999 10,543
Percentage 5.97% 5.24%
President before election

Dawda Jawara
PPP

 Elected President

Dawda Jawara
PPP

General elections were held in the Gambia on 29 April 1992. The election date was announced on 14 February and the National Assembly was dissolved three days later. Although he had announced his retirement in December 1991, President Dawda Jawara changed his mind and ran for the position again. Both elections were won by the ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP), with Jawara remaining president, winning 58.5% of the vote.[1] Voter turnout was around 55.8%.

Campaign

A total of 130 candidates ran for the 36 elected seats, although the PPP was the only one with a candidate in every seat.[2] The opposition campaign centred on corruption and economic mismanagement, whilst the PPP promised it would boost the tourism industry and support groundnut farmers.[2]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Dawda JawaraPeople's Progressive Party117,54958.48
Sheriff Mustapha DibbaNational Convention Party44,63922.21
Assan Musa CamaraGambian People's Party16,2878.10
Lamin BojangPeople's Democratic Party11,9995.97
Sidia JattaPeople's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism10,5435.24
Total201,017100.00
Registered voters/turnout338,739–
Source: Hughes & Perfect[3]

National Assembly

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Progressive Party109,05954.2325–6
National Convention Party45,95322.856+1
Gambian People's Party13,9376.932+2
People's Democratic Party9,2914.620New
People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism4,6322.3000
United Party2,8921.4400
Independents15,3317.623+3
Presidential appointees80
Paramount chiefs' representatives50
Attorney General10
Total201,095100.0050+1
Registered voters/turnout338,739–
Source: Hughes & Perfect[4]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p420 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. 1 2 Elections held in 1992 IPU
  3. ↑ Arnold Hughes & David Perfect (2006) A political history of the Gambia, 1816–1994, University of Rochester Press, p344
  4. ↑ Hughes & Perfect, p330
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